Rolling Stone Japan interviewed BMSG Artists in light of their 5th anniversary and BMSG FES '25. In the same issue, BE:FIRST was featured in their own interview.

In the interview, they were individually asked about Ryoki and going from 7 to 6. What they said generated discourse and discussion on Twitter among J-BESTYs when it was published.

The magazine also came out around the release of BE:FIRST's best of album "BE:ST", so the six also looked back on their discography and what was a song that is significant for them.

Thanks to hana_hana, I was able to spend some time to translate their thoughts.

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This translation is also available on the BMSG Wiki, Tiger Style page :)

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Translation of BE:FIRST's SNS Lives for GRIT on May 25, 2025 before the premiere of the official audio.

TikTok - Sota, Shunto, Leo
Instagram - Manato, Ryuhei, Junon
YouTube (no archive) - all members (except Ryoki)

Notes:
- The SNS lives were done in Thailand
- Ryoki flew back to Japan for work so was absent

( I got the grit )

This translation is also available on the BMSG Wiki, First Christmas page :)

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This translation is also available on the BMSG Wiki, Glitch page :)

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Summary of BE:FIRST's IG Live after the Fukuoka Dome shows (January 18, January 19, 2025)

01/18/2025 was Shunto (though you can hear Junon and Ryoki. Junon and Sota join Shunto later. Junon was off-camera)
01/19/2025 was Junon (Junon gives Sota a LINE call and Sota appears later)

( 118 BASUDAY BOI )

Before BE:FIRST's Music Station appearance on September 13, 2024, a video of them talking about something that happened to them was uploaded.

Topic: Something Shocking that Happened to You Recently

You can follow along as you watch!
Video here

( So this happened... )

On December 24, 2024, SKY-HI had a second interview with Economy News Academy on World Business Satellite (formerly TeleTo BIZ).

Compared to the interview in 2023 that talked about the state of the Japanese entertainment and music industry, the interview in 2024 focused on SKY-HI and BMSG's goals to expand overseas, what they've discovered and what their plans are. The interview also features SKY-HI discussing at length about Japanese music industry's reliance on the CD business model and a need to move to streaming services to keep the industry sustainable and functioning.

Also included in the interview in 2024 is a tour of the new BMSG office as well as interviews with BMSG Artists (BE:FIRST) and BMSG managers (Section 1, 2, 4, Trainee's Base).

On December 25, 2024, the full interview - one hour 27 minutes - was available on YouTube for 48 hours, the version that remains is an abridged, 26 minutes version.

The full interview is available on TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite's website (VPN required).

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Summary of BE:FIRST's MILLION BILLION #69 January 20th, 2024

Note: In the month of January, 2024 the CHALLENGER was RYUHEI with Ozaki Sekaikan of the band, CreepHyp.

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Summary of BE:FIRST's MILLION BILLION #64 December 16th, 2023

Note: In the month of December, 2023 the CHALLENGER was JUNON with former professional soccer player, Makino Tomoaki, who played for Japan's national team.

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